Reading Room

We went a long time without updates to Cocoa programming books, but all of a sudden the incredible popularity of apps on the iPhone platform changed all that. There are a ton of great books on Cocoa and Objective-C that have hit the shelves recently. Here are some of the best.

Getting started

Programming in Objective-C 2.0Objective-C is the language you need to use if you intend to write native apps for iPhone. It’s also the language Cocoa itself is written in, so it’s the preferred language for writing Mac desktop apps.